Protein Data Bank exchange dictionary (pdbx) version 1.0521
_pdbx_reflns_twin.operator
Name:'_pdbx_reflns_twin.operator'
Definition:
The possible merohedral or hemihedral twinning operators for different
point groups are:
True point group Twin operation hkl related to
3 2 along a,b h,-h-k,-l
2 along a*,b* h+k,-k ,-l
2 along c -h,-k , l
4 2 along a,b,a*,b* h,-k ,-l
6 2 along a,b,a*,b* h,-h-k,-l
321 2 along a*,b*,c -h,-k , l
312 2 along a,b,c -h,-k , l
23 4 along a,b,c k,-h , l
References:
Yeates, T.O. (1997) Methods in Enzymology 276, 344-358. Detecting and
Overcoming Crystal Twinning.
and information from the following on-line sites:
CNS site http://cns.csb.yale.edu/v1.1/
CCP4 site http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/dist/html/detwin.html
SHELX site http://shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de/~rherbst/twin.html
Type: line
Mandatory item: yes
The data value must be one of the following:
|
h,-h-k,-l |
|
'h+k,-k ,-l' |
|
'-h,-k , l' |
|
'h,-k ,-l' |
|
h,-h-k,-l |
|
'-h,-k , l' |
|
'-h,-k , l' |
|
'k,-h , l' |
Category: pdbx_reflns_twin


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